If it is in Chengdu, as soon as it comes to rabbit brain shells, there will immediately be a large number of confidants who like to eat rabbit brain shells, and they will be cited as the same way. This is because Chengdu is the most popular city in China and the world to eat rabbit brain shells. According to inaccurate statistics, the annual sales volume of rabbit brain shells in the country is 500 million, Sichuan province will eat 300 million, and Chengdu will eat 200 million. "In 2013, Chengdu's Liu Mingji Shuangliu Old Mother Rabbit Head Golden Bull Store sold 180,000 rabbit brain shells." (Chengdu Business Daily, July 27, 2015)
The rabbit brain shells eaten by Chengdu people are not all Chengdu rabbits, and most of them are frozen goods brought in from other provinces. In recent years, one-fifth of the rabbit brain shells in the Chengdu market are imported (Chengdu people especially like to eat chicken feet, known as chicken claws, and half of them are also imported), so that Chengdu people can eat rabbit brain shells every day and never stop stocking. Now experienced foodies have understood that if the rabbit brain shell bought today is larger than usual, it is likely to be imported from France or New Zealand. Speaking of this, outsiders are likely not to understand, and the vast majority of rabbit brain shells in the Chengdu market are sold rather than sold. If it is seven dollars a piece, of course it is better to buy the big one than to buy the small one, because there is more meat. However, this kind of buyer is not very skilled, and the real insider buyers do not buy the big ones, only the small ones, because they think that the local rabbit brain shell meat is tight, flavorful and delicious.
Strictly speaking, Chengdu people never say eating rabbit brain shells, but when they say that they eat rabbit brain shells, rabbit characters still have to be childlike. Eating and nibbling, there is a big difference, everyone understands, of course, need not elaborate. So why do Chengdu people like to nibble on rabbit brain shells?
First of all, the small rabbit brain shell can be made into a variety of flavors, such as spices, spicy, sauce and so on. In terms of cooking methods, the most are brine, roasted, and beer boiled, as well as rabbit hot pot, and rabbit dry pot, the famous double-stream old mother rabbit head is fried.
Secondly, although the rabbit brain shell is small, it is the most diverse food in all animal foods, the basic procedure of its action is "one break two points and three free", the main order of import is to eat the face (Chengdu dialect reading cup of the child's pronunciation) meat, also called cheeks, that is the rabbit's whole body of the most tender and fragrant lean meat, although small but very plump; the second is to eat rabbit tongue, obviously have a semi-crisp feeling, eat the rabbit body only this place; the third is to eat rabbit heavenly chamber, began to be a little tough, but later felt crisp, crisp; the fourth is to eat the eyes, After the burst, there is eye juice that soars out, and the taste is very special; the fifth is to eat rabbit brain flowers, which are as tender as tofu. Finally, the attachment parts of the outer edge of the rabbit brain shell are cleaned, such as eye ring meat, brain skin, etc., and the harvest obtained on each rabbit brain shell is not the same. A small shop selling rabbit brain shells has a smooth mouth, although it is not very well made up, but it also shows the "rabbit brain shell culture" of Chengdu people: "Rabbit head to hand first break open, eat the tongue and then eat the cheek." Then eat dark circles, rabbit brains are best dug out. Nibble it clean in all directions, take another one and break it open. ”
In the kung fu of nibbling on the brain shell of rabbits, Chengdu people have the following Jiangren eat hairy crabs. The difference is that Xiajiang people eat hairy crabs to use a set of more than a dozen professional tools, And Chengdu people nibble on rabbit brain shells completely with their hands and teeth and tongue, self-reliant.
Again, if you bite the rabbit brain shell several times, or several people nibble on the rabbit brain shell together, it will gradually produce a sense of achievement, that is, the technology of gnawing the rabbit brain shell will gradually improve, and you want to compare your basic skills with others, one is faster, the second is than the clarity of the gnawing, and the third is the completeness of the remaining bones (the insider should retain a complete, clean rabbit skull). As long as you work hard, you will be full of interest and fun.
I don't know what the reason is, I have liked rabbit brain shell since I was a child, from seven cents to seven yuan a piece, I have experienced the whole process of the development history of Chengdu rabbit brain shell. The most famous Xuantu head in the early days of Chengdu was a roadside shop opened on a small road next to the Yangxi Line in the current high-tech West District, which I specifically went to; Shuangliu Old Mother Rabbit Head became famous, I specially went there; Dujiangyan produced a Youtu head, I specially went there; Yulin produced a Wang Mama hand-torn rabbit rabbit brain shell is roasted, I have been specially. One year, my student Liu Chuanyou found out that there was a good rabbit brain shell at a food stall in a farmer's market in the eastern suburbs, and he took me there. Now that I'm older and don't want to run around, I look for a shop with trustworthy quality to buy, which is the Panyi Market on HuaxinZheng Street, which is about once every two months, and each time it is a dozen.
Incidentally tell friends from other places that in the witty and funny Chengdu dialect, the word "rabbit brain shell" has another meaning, that is, kissing. Why do Chengdu people call kissing rabbit brain shells? You can take it for yourself. (Excerpt from | "Yuan Tingdong Says Sichuan Cuisine Flavor" Sichuan Literature and Art Publishing House Author | Yuan Tingdong)
Editor: Wang Xin Responsible Editor: Dong Xiaoyue Review: He Jian